Apparatus for vaporizing oil and water and superheating and burning the same



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2 S hhhhh Sheet 1. N. ROGERS 8v J. A. WHARRY. APPARATUS POR VAPORIZI-NG OIL AND WATER. AND SUPERHEATING AND BURNING THE SAME. I

No. 407,901. Patented July 30, 1889.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. N. ROGERS 8: J. A. WHARRY. APPARATUS POR VAPORIZING OIL AND WATER AND SUPBRHEATING- AND BURNING `THB SAME.

Patented July 30, 1889.

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NEVTON ROGERS AND JAMES A. VHARRY, OF TERRE vHAUTE, INDIANA.

APPARATUS FOR VAPORIZING DIL AND WATER AND SUPERHEATING AND BURNING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,901, dated July 30, 1889.

I Application filed March 2l, 1889. Serial No. 304,139. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, NEWTON ROGERS and JAMES A. TVHARRY, of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Vaporizing Oil and Vater and Superheating and Burning the Same; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an impro vement in apparatus for vaporizing oil and water and superheating and burning the same; and it consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a perspective view of our apparatus; Fig. 2, a longitudinal central sec.- tion of the same 5 and Fig. 3 an end elevation, partly in section, showing the three cylinders connected.

In .the drawings, the reference-letters d b c indicate three cylindrical closed retorts or chambers strongly constructed, preferably of wrought-iron or other metal. These cylinders are preferably parallel and located closely side by side, leaving spaces between the same, with the middle chamber or retort l) in a lower plane than the other two retorts. These retorts are firmly braced and secured together by one or more encircling-yokes d, each preferably cast in one piece and encircling the three retorts and provided with loops or openings in which each retort rests, as shown.

The retort d is provided with an oil-supply pipe e, opening into one end of the same, and this oil-supply pipe is provided with a valve to regulate the iiow of oil into this oil-vaporizing retort a. The opposite end of the oilvaporizing retort is connected with one end of the superheating and commingling chamber l) by a short pipe f. Awater-supply pipe g, provided with a regulating-valve, extends into one end of the wateiuvaporizing chamber c, preferably at the end opposite the oilentrance end of the oil-vaporizing chamber, and the opposite end of the water-vaporizing chamber is connected with the end of the mixing-chamber opposite that connected with f the oil-vaporizing chamber by means of a short pipe 7L. A verticalpipe or conduit i extends downwardly from and opens/into the bottom of the mixing and superheating retort and forms a support for the three retorts. This gas-pipe or conduit passes through and rests upon a supporting pan and base j, located directly beneath the retorts and preferably provided with legs to hold it above the article upon which it rests. On the upper side of the pan the gas-pipe o' is provided with a union k, by means of which two or more pipes or burners Z are secured to and are in communication with the gas-supply pipe, and these burner-pipes extend horizontally over the pan and beneath the middle mixing-retort and are closed at their outer ends and provided wit-h a series of apertures through their upper sides beneath said re-.

tort. The portions of the pipes provided with the apertures are straddled or covered by removable hoods or burner-caps m, provided with flame-openings a above the apertures Z and beneath the retorts. These hoods are provided with slots in their sides (see Fig. l) to allow them to straddle the burner-pipes, while their lower edges rest directly upon the pan and surround iianges of, extending upwardly around openings o through the bottom of the pan, thereby forming air and vapor mixing and combustion chambers around the burners. The lower end of the gas-conduit extends through the bottom of the pan an d is screw-threaded, as shown, to screw into an opening in the top of a removable metal chamber 2), (sce Fig. 2,) located directly bethrough pipe f. In this retort b the steam and hydrocarbon vapor are superheated, mixed, and commingled by their own pressure, and pass down through the gas orvapor supply pipe i to the burner-pipes and out of the series of apertures in the same, where they are consumed. The burner caps or hoods m 'forni coinbustioii-chambers, in which the air and gas or vapor are confined to effect perfect. combustion and draw in a plentiful but not too great supply of air` through the openings in the pan, thereby avoiding all smoke and smell by reason of the perfect combustion of the gas or vapor. The closed trap, chamber, or reservoir p on the lower end of the gas-pipe t receives all the coal-tar, asphalt, and residuum from the distillation of the oil and water, and can be taken off at any time and emptied Without disarranging the apparatus in any way. One of the great disadvantages of the liydrocarbon-burners heretofore in use is that they can be used but a short while without becoming clogged and gumined up with residuuin, and by continued burning this residuuin becomes hard and renders the machine useless; but in this present apparatus there is perfect drainage throughout the entire device, the mixing-retort being lower than the two retorts discharging into the same and the gas-supply pipe extending down from the bottom of the mixing-retort and provided on its lower end with theremovable reservoir, into which all'the residue drains. rlhe pan beneath the retorts and burners not only forms a base for the apparatus, but is intended to receive asbestus, dro.,l

which is intended to be saturated with oil for generating sufficient gas to start the apparatus, and after sufficient gas orvapor has been generated for consumption at the burners the operation can be kept up continuously as the burners heat the retorts.

One great advantage of this apparatus is its extreme simplicity of construction, being so put together that any one can take it apart. It is preferably constructed of wrought-iron, and hence is exceedingly durable and not liableto crack, and, further, all pulsatioii and irregularities of the flame are prevented, as the water and oil are Vaporized in different retorts and the gases superheated-and mixed in another retort before passing to the burn er.

The water-vaporizing chamber can, it desired, be iilled with pulverized coke, ironsponge, or any other carbon for the water and steam to pass through, thereby carbureting the saine and rendering it more combustible.

Vhat we claim is- 1. In an apparatus for vaporizing oil and water and superheating and burning the same, the combination of an oil-vaporizing retort provided with an oil-supply, a watervaporizing retort provided with a water-supply, a separate and distinct mixing and superheating retort communicating directly by suitable means with said vaporizing-retorts and located in a lower plane than the vaporizingretorts,whereby intervening spaces are formed low the superheating-retort, substantially'as-qo described.

2. In an apparatus for vaporiziiig oil and water and superheatiiig and burning the same, the combination of the parallel oil and water vaporizing retorts,-a separate mixing and superheating retort located between and in a plane below said vaporiZing-retorts, pipes connecting the superheating-retort and the vaporizing-retorts, a vapor-pipe extending down from the mixing-retort and provided with burners located beneath said retorts, and a base, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with the oil and water vaporizing retorts and a separate mixing and superheating retort located in a lower plane than and into which the gases from said vaporizing-retorts are passed, of a vapor-pipe leading down from the bottom of said mixingretort, burners supplied from said pipe, and a trap or reservoir removably secured on the lower end of said pipe, whereby the residuum is drained from said retorts into said reservoir, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus for vaporizing and burning oil and water, the combination of a base having air-supply openings therethrough, water and oil vaporizing retorts, a Vapor mixing and superheating retort above the base and in communication with said vaporizing-retorts, a vapor-exit pipe leading from the mixing-retort to the base and provided with lateral burner-pipes extending therefrom over the base, and burnercaps straddling said burner-pipes, having their lower open ends resting on the base over said air-supply openings and having flame-.openings above the burners, whereby mixing and combustion chambers are formed around the burners, subg substantially as described.

t3. The combination of an oil-vaporizing retort provided with a supply-pipe, a water-vaporizing retort provided with a supply-pipe, a mixing and superheating retort located between and parallel with said two retorts and in a plane below the saine, pipes extending down from the vaporiziiig-retorts to the mixin g-retort, a pipe extending downwardly from the bottom of the mixing-retort and having its lower end provided with a trap or chamber, and burners extendinglaterally from said pipe beneath the retort, substantially as described.

7. The combination of a pan,.an oil-vaporizing retort provided with a supply, a Watervaporizing-retort provided with a supply, a

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mixiug-retort in communication with Johe va- In testimony that We claim the foregoing as porizing-retorts, said retorts being secured toour own We affix our signatures in presence gether and supported above the pan, a gasof tWo witnesses.

pipe extending down from Jthe mixing-retort 5 and provided with a removable trap or reser- NEWVTON ROGERS.

Voir on its lower end, pipes extending later- JAMES A. WHARRY. ally from the gas-pipe beneath Jhe retorts and provided with apertures, and burner caps or. Witnesses: hoods surrounding said apertures, substan- YV. D. JOHNSON,

ro tialiy as described. DAVID W. HENRY. 

